The electoral college should have some bonus electors for whichever ticket can win an Ekiden-style race Other ideas: repechage 5k rather than a recount when races are within 1%

Remarkable to see JD Vance pretend to be unaware that US energy production is up and US manufacturing is up dramatically right now, much higher than under Trump. Glad Tim Walz is laying down the facts here.

People do understand variance: It’s wild to lay the success or failure of every play Tom Brady has ever started in entirely at his feet. It’s also wild to suggest he had no effect on the long term success of the teams he played for My internal extreme weather/climate metaphor

When you’re 90% asleep and your Garmin watch buzzes and wakes you back up to notify you that you should probably rest after your busy day

Prosperity and abundance agenda. We have focused on saving people money through three income tax rate reductions (two at the ballot box and one through the leg: 4.63%>4.5%>4.4%>4.25%), cutting property taxes, free preschool and kindergarten for every child, eliminating sales tax

You know you’re a runner when you choose hotels for trips based on if there looks like there are nearby running routes on maps…

Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of govt contracts! I see much less

Yay!

Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems & locking out career employees. NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research & more. Their critical work saves lives. My team and I are looking into this & we will not stand for it.

People don’t realize that NOAA does far more than forecast weather. It has by far the most comprehensive weather dataset and collection in the world that’s utilized by NWS + ALL private sector companies. Any impacts on the downstream will be highly detrimental and may cost lives.

Matt has changed my mind on this. My first impulse is always to snark at people who supported Trump and are now realizing they made a mistake. This impulse is bad. The right thing to do is to welcome converts with open arms, always.

Was making a plot today and my brain went “Wait! I’ve seen this before!” Took me a second then I realized…

How many RTs I need to get in Grand Slam Track ???

"Learn to code" Yeah, coding is a requirement for every meteorology degree and many use it on the job. "AI will replace you" Those models are experimental and if the forecasts are as bad as you claim that's your culprit. "Private sector does it better" No, EVERYTHING needs NWS.

Honestly, some of these analogies are just good and fun to read, however cynical you want to be about LLMs

An explanation of why DOGE is even stupider than you think. There are 2.4 million federal employees, but perhaps 20 million actors in the private sector and lower levels of government who administer federal programs. Federal employees basically provide oversight for the work

One country is unfortunately conspicuous missing from this picture. We should try and change that!

You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

This wind

I don’t even remember what happens in this movie but I’ve thought about this scene every day since March 2020